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Steven Soderbergh’s Che Receives Major Response at Cannes, Palm d’Or Talk
slashfilm.com - 5/23/2008
Steven Soderbergh’s Che Receives Major Response at Cannes, Palm d’Or Talk
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Today, director Steven Soderbergh ’s four hour subtitled Che Guevera biopic, Che (presented as two films entitled The Argentine and Guerilla ) premiered at the Cannes Film Festival . Online, critical reception is already momentously loud and divided, in a “Here we go…” way. And as you might expect, the film(s)’s questionable commercial prospects ...

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Che: Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
At The Movies - Film News and Reviews — ... Guevara, the revolutionary who spawned a million t-shirts, often worn by those who have no idea who he was (as well as those who think he was Eva Peron’s boyfriend, thanks to Evita) premiered to a mixed reception this week at Cannes. A quick round up: Cinematical’s Kim Vonyar loved it, James Rocchi at the same site also was impressed but felt there was a lot to argue about; Hollywood-elsewhere’s Jeffrey Wells was awed by it ( (thanks to Slashfilm for directing me to these first two sites’ reviews). Todd McCarthy at ...

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